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ATTACKS
The biggest threats of the last decade couldn’t
be stopped by fences and checkpointsAttackonParliament
June 2017
Hackers attempted to gain access to
email accounts used by British
Members of Parliament and their
staff. The attack was originally
believed to be the work of Russian or
North Korean hackers, but was later
blamed on Iran.IRAN UNITED KINGDOMYahoodatabreach
2013 and 2014
The internet giant was attacked
twice with a total of 3 billion user
accounts thought to have been
compromised. Investigators suspect
hackers tied to the Russian
government were to blame.RUSSIA USLinkedInbreach
5 June 2012
Initially thought to have
compromised 6.5 million passwords,
in 2016 the company announced it
was actually closer to 100 million.
Russian hackers were thought to be
behind the attack.RUSSIA USStuxnetattack
Discovered in June 2010
The mysterious Stuxnet was slipped
into Iranian nuclear facilities, subtly
slowing its centrifuges to quietly
disrupt the enrichment process of
uranium and setting its weapons
programme back years. The finger
of blame was pointed at Israel,
although no proof has been found.ISRAEL (SUSPECTED)EEEDDDDDD)) IRANHoldSecuritybreach
August 2014
IT company Hold Security claimed
Russian hackers had stolen 1.2 billion
logins and passwords on 420,000
websites around the world. The
breach could have allowed the
CyberVor hacker group to access
500 million accounts.RUSSIA US028 How It Works
“In many ways these attacks
pose more of a threat thanconventional warfare”
Theft,planeandsimple
2010 to 2015
Many experts believe China engaged
in cyber breaches to steal
information from Western
aerospace companies, passing their
intellectual property to Chinese
companies which it then used to
supply parts for its C919 airliner.CHINA US